Office for Global Engagement

International Activities

International Professional Membership

• Global, Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, State of Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen: Member, Middle East Studies Association, 01/01/2020
• Global: Member, Iranian Studies Association, 07/15/2019
• Global: Member, American Studies Association, 02/01/2019

International Publications

• Global, Iran, Republic of Korea: Alborz Ghandehari (2023). Ahmad Shamlou’s Third World Internationalism: “The Great Anthem” Then and Now. Critical Ethnic Studies Journal. Vol. 8., 12/18/2023
• Iran: Alborz Ghandehari (2022). Teachers and Other Unionists Are Joining Iran’s Gender Justice Uprising. In These Times., 09/30/2022
• Afghanistan, Greece, Guatemala, Iran, Mexico, Syria, United States: Alborz Ghandehari (2022). The roots of uprooting: migrant oral history and internationalist solidarity. Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture., 08/08/2022
• Afghanistan, Greece, Guatemala, Iran, Mexico, Syria, United States: Alborz Ghandehari (2021). Migrant Justice Beyond Borders: Notes on the Collaborative Project “Migrant Connections”. The Critical Refugee Studies Collective., 02/25/2021
• Iran, United States: Alborz Ghandehari (2020). A Call for Solidarity: Working-Class Struggles in Iran and the United States. Jadaliyya., 10/20/2020

International Presentations

• Egypt, Iran, State of Palestine: Panelist, “SWANA [Southwest Asian/North African] Contributions to Feminist Theory,” Middle East Studies Association, Montreal, November 4., 11/04/2023
• Afghanistan, Greece, Iran, Turkey: Speaker, “ ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ in a Global Migrant Justice Frame,” for “Border Crossings: Global Migration in a Queer/Feminist Frame,” symposium organized by NYU Intersectional Feminist/Queer Studies Collective, October 13., 10/13/2023
• Canada, France, Iran, United States: Co-Panelist, “Cause and Effect: A Town Hall Exploration on the Themes of Karem Fahmy’s Play A Distinct Society, Pioneer Theater Company, January 28, 2023., 01/28/2023
• Global, Iran, State of Palestine, Syria, United States, Vietnam, Yemen: Panelist for “Rethinking Resistance and Transnationalism in the Middle East and its Diasporas,” Middle East Studies Association, Denver., 02/17/2022
• Global: Panelist for “Global Cartographies of Dispossession: Borders, Citizenship and Crisis as a Catalyst for Solidarity,” American Studies Association, New Orleans., 02/01/2022
• Global, Iran: “The 2017-2019 Iranian Uprisings in Relation to Revolts Across the Region.” Middle East Studies Association, 12/03/2021
• Global, Iran: Guest lecture (in Persian) on Neoliberalism in Iran for Iran Academia online course., 11/01/2021
• Global, Iran, Republic of Korea: “Ahmad Shamlou’s ‘The Great Anthem’ and Solidarity with the Korean People.” American Studies Association., 10/12/2021
• Global, Iran: “Working-Class and Popular Struggles in Iran and the Question of International Solidarity,” University of the Pacific, March 3, 2021., 03/03/2021
• Global, Iran: “Migrant Connections from Utah, US to Greece,” Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran., 12/14/2020
• Global: American Studies Association Meeting: “The 40th Anniversary of a Novel and a Revolution: Mahmoud Dowlatabadi’s Missing Soluch in Iran Then and Now.” Honolulu, HI, November 8. 11/08/2019 , 11/08/2019

International Teaching

• Greece, United States: Migrant Connections: migrants.lib.utah.edu , 10/01/2020-12/03/2020

International Media

• Afghanistan, Iran, State of Palestine: Interviewed for SWANA Regio Radio KPFK 90.7 on March 8th International Women’s Day in Southwest Asia/North Africa, March 8, 2023., 03/08/2023
• Iran, United States: Interviewed for The Daily Utah Chronicle, “ ‘None of Us are Free Until All of Us are Free’—Solidarity With the Iranian Freedom Movement,” Sarah Buening, March 7, 2023., 03/07/2023
• Iran, United States: Associated Press. " ‘Othered’ in America: An old story, still playing out daily.", 02/03/2020

International Awards

• Iran, United States: University of Utah Faculty Fellowship, ($15,000 for semester of research leave), University of Utah, 01/17/2023